The Rifle

Good one

The book is supposed to be read with detail. The details are what make it. To understan the book you have to understand the very 'intricate' details about the rifle. Can most people in that era build the perfect rifle. I don't think so. It's all about imagination and how well you use it. That's considering you are not self absorbed or egotistic.

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awsome book

this is one of the best books that i have read by gary paulsen. i like how it tells the reader what goes on in the making of a gun. i think it is an award winning book.

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never read this book!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I had to read this book for school. This book was one of the most boring things I ever read! This book was horrible. My hate towards this book burns with the fury of a thousand suns!

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ANTI-GUN PROPAGANDA

This book gives an extremely narrow minded look into the world of firearms, where apparently everyone who owns a gun is a beer guzzling, government hating, overweight, conservative christian. WHO ARE YOU KIDDING GARY PAULSEN??? This book is an insult to anyone who has more than two brain cells to rub together. The views given are so slanderous and bigoted that I would equate them with racism and sexism; all gun owners are placed into a despicable stereotype and kicked around throughout the entire book. The ending is about as probable as getting struck by lightning while reading this review. PLEASE DO NOT BUY THIS BOOK, IT IS AN INSULTING WASTE OF TIME!!

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I felt betrayed

The story pulls you in with a wonderful description of the making of the rifle, how it helped win American independence, only to let you down with a far-fetched, bleeding heart ending. Moral of the story: guns are bad. They kill innocent people who could have saved the world. They had their day, but it's passed. At least it's a short book, so I didn't waste too much time.

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Shameless

The American Longrifle is recognised as the first completely 'American' art form. Nothing like it had ever existed before. It grew out of the unique needs of the new world. It is doubtful that America would exist today if the longrifle had not been developed. This book is nothing more than a shameful attempt to brainwash young readers. Read 'Thoughts On The Kentucky Longrifle In Its Golden Age' by Joe Kindig or 'Rifles Of Colonial America' 2 volumes by George Shumway.

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What a Bore!

I was sssssssssssoooooooooo bored reading things! Wake me up when your done. I mean yeah sure Gary Paulsen's books are good but this one had no point

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Bad

It was so boring for the first 40 pages all it talked about was how the gun was made, then how it went down between people and then a boy get shot. Worst book I've even read. The only good thing was that it was 112 pages.

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GUN-HATING PROPAGANDA, ALSO IMPLAUSIBLE AND POORLY WRITTEN

This book starts as a sucker play describing the creation, beauty and accuracy of this superb rifle before the Revolution. Then it gets lost in an attic for 217 years. Then somehow these rudely caricaturized gun enthusiasts are idiots and must have never seen an episode of Anitques Roadshow and because they ignore its value while owning black velvet Elvis paintings. The gun goes off in a freak accident and kills a boy who, oh by the way, was going to grow up and cure heart disease. Because people don't kill people, guns kill people. Then we are left in suspense while this beautiful antique waits to kill someone else. Total crap!
p.s. Not that I am a drinker, but it also incorrectly links stomach cancer to beer.

The rifle very good

The rifle was a very goog book.In a book I like realistc fictionbut most improtant I like short books.In a book I like lots of action and Suspense with tons of twist and turns one more shocking then the next and this book has it all.The rifle in this book. kills many people but who it kills in the end will shock and Horrify you.

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That's it?

Assigned this novel to read during a class project, the name of a popular author, Gary Paulsen, assured me that it would be interesting. But with that, I was mistaken. First off, Paulsen babbles on for twenty pages or so, describing how a rifle is made. Every single intricate detail. I wasn't aware that this was a 'How-to:' book, and it immediately lost my interest. The rest of the novel discusses how this 'sweet rifle' is passed down and passed down and ends abruptly and quite stupidly in a freak accident that kills a young boy. This novel has no purpose except to bore the reader to tears.

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BEST BOOK EVERR

i love this book its awesome . great from beging to end. i love reading about wars but this had twist which was excelent!i wish i could say more but im tierd and i have to go to bed .. READ IT YOU'L LOVE IT

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Rifle

This book is about a guy who makes rifles for a living. He makes this one rifle that he likes alot. He thinks it is perfect so he hangs it up. He then knows that if it doesn't shoot perfect than it is not perfect. So he shots it into a target 3 times and misses completly. He then looks up to the target. He notices something. This gun is then used by a soldier, he uses it to fight in the army. He shoots another soldier and they chase him. He gets away from them though. Then it goes onto a family where a girl puts it in the attic and forgets about it. Then it is found and hung up. His wife dosen't want it in the house. It is to late, the kids get a hold of it and dont know it is loaded. I would give this book 3 stars because it jumps around alot while telling the story. I liked that you never could tell what was going to happen next.

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Rifle

This book is about a girl who dies and makes a promise to her little sister. Her parents and her sister leave the house. She tries to go with them but is forced back. She can never leave the house. Then people move in and she eventualy talks to this girl. This girl tries to help her. She and a friend go to this grave yard and put a note at the ghosts parents grave. Then she gets a call and it is the ghosts sister. She comes to the house and talks to the ghost. They finish the unfinished business. I would give this book 5 stars. It is a really good book because it has good detail and you can really imagine the stuff happening.

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Giving raves for the rifle

Hey, did you ever want to travel on a journey through time? Well now you can in a semi historical fiction book with a gun called 'The Rifle'. This bok is a very good quick read and not boring. it was about a gun made by a man named cornish who made a perfect gun and sold it to a man named John Byam who later becomes a famous sharpshooter. Read it to find out what happens.

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GOOD

This was a good book. It was a book about a rifle that runes the owners life. I a good read.

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Great Book

I think the book was great. Because of how the rifle was made. How nice the wood is for the rifle. This rifle was purfect. H killed many officers with the rifle. And the discription he gos into is good. He fought like no other, a born sniper. The troops he fought didnt know what they were doing half the time. The rifle was babyed all the time so it stayed perfict. He got sick and died. And a nurse stole it for her kid but he died to. So it sat in a adict for a couple generations. And a gun colector ended up with it and put it away for a long time. All in all this is a very good book.

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Page Turner!!!!! A must read for anyone any age!!!

This book is a quick easy book with a lot of information about the American Ravolution. There are both pluses and minuses to this book. Some of the pluses are how the gun is used and the detail Gary put into the book. The biggest minus is at the end where the gun kills Richard. I'm not for sure whose fault that is for the death of Richard. Harv should have gotten rid of it like his wife told him too but he hung it above the fireplace and look what happened. A great book and to me one of the best I have read that Gary Paulsen has written

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The Rifle is full of Ammo

I would give The Rifle three stars because it was ok but noyt that great. A gunsmith named cornish McMamos made a rifle that was so accurate that there would be none such as good as it.So he gave his rifle to a man named John Byam, a man who beacame a sharpe shooter during the American Revoultionary War . After Byam died the rifle was passed to mant owners untill presant day. The weird thing about the owners they never checked to see if the rifle was loaded but the rifle was loaded .

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the best book ever

this book was the best book i have ever read in my life the amazing detail down to the tini spark in the gun this book put me in the life of the owners of this gun

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